The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1887-12-30
Tho MaaOnie Ball.

ineH was sound OF revelry by night,
Aer beastS nn cSsS St hsd gathsrd then
the lamps shone o 'er fair women and brave men.
A,Ih, thousand hearts beat happily and when
Music arose with Its vouptuous swell.
Soft eyes look d love to eyes which. snake aoa,n
And oil went merry as marriage bell" =
The above was written many years ago to
describe one Of the world famous balls given
BY the Countess Of Richmond in Brussels the
night before the battle Of Waterloo, and which
was Interrupted when the festivities were at
their height by the boom Of the cannon an
nouncing the approach of Napoleon. That
ball has been inlmortalized by Byron in Childe
Harold, and will be- handed down the corri.
dors OF time while history lasts. We have no
bard to weave into rythmic cadence descrip-
tion of the first annual ball Of Occidental
lodge A. F. & A. NJ, yet we feel certain that
these who participated in it's pleasures will
loEg treasure Its memory as among the most
delightful OF events that it has been their good
fortune to attend. How little those who live
down East" and imagine in their egotism
that they possess all there is OF refinement and
culture. know Of the social life Of the .'poor
denzens OF tho frozen NORTH" as some delight
to term us. How :heir eyes would open with
wonder and anazement could they be sud-
denly dropped into sceue such as the ball
ot Tuesday night presented. Then would it
dawn upon them that our ladies have lost none
OF the witching beauty of their sex, that their
costumes. though perhaps less costly. are Just
as charming and worn with as much grace as
In the fashionable salons Of the East; that our
men, while not aping the dude, are as polished
and chivalric, and a great deal more robust
and manly than those whose greatest merit
consists IN wearing an immaculate necktie and
a swallow-tailed coat. The Masonic ball had
been much talked of and looked forward to with
many bright anticipRtions, and it IL safe to say
that these wero more than realized. The CON-
mittees to whom was entrusted the manage
ment Of the affair did their duties we'll. The
night was cold and inclement without, but
within the air was soft and warm and redo.
lent with perfume. The hall was brilliantly
lighted, the music oil that could be desired by
tiiU tirosG eAactiug, while lnu supper u as vots
superb hy all who partook thereof. The rythmit
motion OF the dancers as they undulated ovel
the polished floor In perfect unison with tb,
"voluptuous swelp' of the music, was the very
poetry Of action, and left nothing to be desired
by the most fastidious.
On with the dance! let Joy be unconaned!
No rest till morn, when youtlland pleasure meet
To chase the glowing hours with flying teet"-
Seemed to be the sentiment with which all
were animated, for the faint grey lines Of
dawn began to streak the horizon ere the party
broke up. Much of the success of the affair is
due to Messrs. Luce Walden, Hench, Whitney
and A. Mligan, who worked with untfring
zeal for the success which crowned their ei-
forts. While the heavy expense incident to
getting up the ball will prevent the lodge de-
riving any financial benefit from 1t, the MEN,
bers can console themselves with the reflection
that they have given the finest party ever given
in Hone.